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<p class="p1"><b>Main Control Panel</b></p>
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<p class="p3">Cecilia's performance can be lauched using the <b>Main Control </b>panel.</p>
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<center><img src="./images/mainControl.png" alt="Cecilia's Main Control Panel"></center>
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<p class="p3">Cecilia allows two types of performances: <b>Realtime</b> and <b>Rendering</b>. Click on the play or the record button  will generate either a realtime or a rendering performance.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
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<center><img src="./images/mainControlStartRec.png" alt="Cecilia's Main Start Rec Buttons"></center>
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<p class="p3">An indication of the <b>Performance Time</b> can always be found in the <b>Main Control Panel</b>.</p>
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<p class="p4"><span class="s1"><b>Realtime performance</b></span></p>
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<p class="p3">By clicking on the play button, the user lauches a <b>realtime performance</b>. The <i>Play</i> buttons immediately turns into a <i>Stop</i> button:</p>
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<center><img src="./images/mainControlStopRec.png" alt="Cecilia's Main Stop Rec Buttons"></center>
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<p class="p3">During a <b>realtime performance</b>, the user can hear the sound produced by the Cecilia module. The user can then tweek this sound by playing around with the various widgets of the module. He can record automations, listen to the modifications he had previously made to a graph line. At any time, a realtime performance can be stopped by clicking on the stop button.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
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<p class="p3"><b>NOTE: </b>Shortcut for the <i>Play</i>/<i>Stop</i> action is Cmd + .<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
<p class="p3">(yes, you read correctly, cmd + [dot])</p>
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<p class="p3">In a <b>realtime performance</b>, the sound produced by the Cecilia module is outputed to the <i>Digital-to-Analog Converter</i> (<i>DAC</i>). The <i>DAC</i> is defined in the Audio tab of the <i>Preference Panel</i>.</p>
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<p class="p4"><span class="s1"><b>Rendering performance</b></span></p>
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<p class="p3">Once the user is satisfied with the sound, the result can be dumped in a soundfile. To do so, the user starts a <b>rendering performance</b> by clicking on the <i>Rec</i> button in the <b>Main Control Panel</b>.</p>
<p class="p3">The <i>Rec</i> button turns red and the <i>Play</i> button turns into a <i>Stop</i> button:</p>
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<center><img src="./images/mainControlStopRecOn.png" alt="Cecilia's Main Stop Rec Rendering"></center>
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<p class="p3">At this point, Cecilia will render the performance a quickly as possible. The output sound will be dumped in a sounfile defined in the <i>Output Panel</i>. The caracteristics of this soundfile can be defined in the Audio tab of the <i>Preference Panel</i>.</p>
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<p class="p4"><span class="s1"><b>Performance Time</b></span></p>
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<p class="p3">A <b>Performance Time</b><i> </i>indicator has been added to the <b>Main Control Panel</b> so that the user can easily know where in the performance he is located.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p>
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<center><img src="./images/mainControlPerfTime.png" alt="Cecilia's Main Control Panel Performance Time"></center>
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<p class="p3">The timer is divided in minutes, seconds and centi-seconds.</p>
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<center><p class="p3">Return to <a href="./usingCecilia.html">Using Cecilia</a> section</p></center>
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